Woman Knocks Down Pope At Christmas Mass

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[Sub-Driver]

Woman Knocks Down Pope At Christmas Mass

Alex Watts, Sky News Online A woman has been arrested after jumping over barriers and knocking down the Pope at Christmas Eve Mass.

Pope Benedict

Pope Benedict XVI was attacked as he walked down the main aisle to begin the service at St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

Vatican spokesman Ciro Benedettini said the 82-year-old quickly got to his feet and was unhurt.

Benedict calmly resumed his walk to the Basilica's main altar and then began the Mass.

[humblegunner]

Got something to say to me?
Got the stones to say it without a proxy?

And the comment was deleted, do you even know what it was?

No?

Then shut the hell up.

[traumer]

WTF ??

[pillut48]

...or if she had had a bomb vest on he could have ended up like Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi: "At 10:10 p.m., the assassin Dhanu approached him in a public meeting and greeted the former Prime Minister. She then bent down to touch his feet (an expression of respect among Indians) and detonated a belt laden with 700 grams of RDX explosive tucked under her dress.[16] The former Prime Minister along with many others were killed in the explosion that followed. The assassination was caught on film through the lens of a local photographer, whose camera and film were found at the site. The cameraman himself also died in the blast but the camera remained intact."

Looks like initial reports were wrong. His guards WERE on the ball! She never got close enough to knock him over, but again, a bomb vest would have rendered that a moot point!

[LibFreeOrDie]

He was knocked over. See video at post #96.

[don-o]

Ease up. Gunner is fine on this thread. The deleted post was not his, unless there is one I missed.

[Revolting cat!]

If I were the Pope I’d carry the heat.

[pillut48]

Yes, Drudge is running this article--Woman knocks down Pope at Christmas Eve Mass

"It was the second year in a row there was a security breach at the service. At the end of last year's Mass a woman who had jumped the barriers got close to the pope but was quickly blocked on the ground by security.

Benedettini said it was not immediately known if the same woman was behind Thursday's incident."

[GOP Poet]

Amen.

[dragnet2]

He was knocked over. See video at post #96.

That video does not show the incident.

[B-Chan]

The Enemy knows very well who his greatest opponents are.

God bless our Pope.

[Fudd Fan]

Sorry, but your reputation precedes you. Thankfully your posts mean nothing to me so you can jump up and down all you want.

[onyx]

I was watching the Mass live on EWTN and although I didn’t see Papa fall to the floor, he was knocked down, but he got up quickly and continued walking. A Cardinal who was also knocked down was taken to the hospital.

[romanesq]

“St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be thou our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou O Prince of the heavenly host, by the divine power of God, cast into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen..”

Amen to that again.

[Fudd Fan]

Oh, on THIS thread. But still, why did you post to him then?

Apologies to you don-o, my Catholic buttons get pushed easily in any case.

[pillut48]

It looks like the cameraman at the Vatican dropped the ball! Instead of panning DOWN, they panned UP to see the guards running south—wonder if there were any other cameras recording different angles at the time?

[Brytani]

Dear Lord, please protect Pope Benedict.

[Brytani]

Swiss Guards.

[humblegunner]

Thankfully your posts mean nothing to me

Then why make comments referencing them? Like so:

Par for his course, don’t waste your time.

You are a liar and a coward.

[Brytani]

Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful wife!!

[don-o]

Read carefully - I posted to him and he backed off. Tis the season.